Hairpin



June 24, B, EINHQRN ET AL HAIR PIN Filed Jan. 15, 1950 ATTORNEY PatentedJune 24, 1952 UNITED? STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIRPIN Ben Einhorn and BenPeskin, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application January 13, 1950, Serial No. 138,464

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to toilet devices and is directed particularly toimprovements in hair pins.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide an improvedhair pin of the type having two hair gripping legs, having means bywhich the legs can be easily separated to receive the hair withoutrequiring the use of the finger nail or any other such means.

Another object is to provide an improved hair pin of the bobby" pintype, having a resilient head portion which is designed in a novelmanner whereby upon being compressed will cause the legs of the pin tobe separated and upon being released will cause the pin legs to comefirmly together.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of the specification, with the understanding,however, that the invention is not to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction shown and described since obvious modifications will occurto a person skilled in the art.

vin the drawing:

Figure l is a view in edge elevation of a hairpin constructed inaccordance with the present invention, showing the same closed.

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is an edge view of the pin opened.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the metal pin blank before being bent to formthe pin.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing it will be seen uponreference to Figure 4 that the pin is stamped from a single piece ofmetal of suitable gage to form a middle portion in of maximum width, andthe two leg portions l I which are of the same width but approximatelyhalf the width of the middle portion. The legs 5 I extend, one from eachend of the middle portion I0, and each leg is located midway between thelongitudinal edges of the central portion.

The central portion In at each end and upon opposite sides is cut out toprovide the long notches l2.

In forming the pin from the blank, the blank is bent transversely,midway between its ends, between the lines designated a to form the loophead l3.

Between the lines a and b the portions 14 of the material are arrangedto extend from the head in outwardly divergent relation and the notchedportions l5 are bent back on the cross lines D into the convergentrelation shown in Figure 1, and are crossed edge to edge so that onenotch engages in the other. Since the center lines of the legs are alsothe longitudinal center of the central portion I0, when the convergentportions l5 are connected in cross relation, the two gripping legs willbe positioned one flat against the other.

In forming the convergent portions [5 a transverse bend is made on thecross line 0 to bring the legs into a position relative to the portionsl5, so they will engage flat against one another, as shown.

When pressure is applied from the two sides of the head, against thedivergent portions I4, the notched convergent portions [5 will slide oneacross the other to separate the legs I l as shown in Figure 3. Theextent of separation is limited by the shoulder portions In of thenotches, one shoulder coming against the face of the opposing part ofthe adjacent portion IS. The legs are thus separated in parallelrelation as shown in Figure 3 and when the finger parts I4 are releasedthe resilient action of the looped head, which has been tensioned,brings the legs firmly together again, to function as jaws.

We claim:

1. A hair pin comprising an elongated strip of a resilient sheetmaterial bent medially between its ends to provide an open loop portion,each of the ends of said loop portion having an elongated notch cut outfrom its side edge, the notch at one end of said loop portion being cutout from the side edge thereof opposite from the side edge of the otherend of the loop portion from which the other notch is cut, and anelongated leg portion extending from each of the ends of said loopportion, said leg portions being narrower than said loop portion anddisposed in contacting relation throughout their length,

the ends of said loop portion being crossed at the points of connectionof said leg portions therewith.

2. A hair pin comprising an elongated strip of a resilient sheetmaterial bent medially between its ends to provide an open loop portion,each of the ends of said loop portion having an elongated notch cut outfrom its side edge, the: notch at one end of said loop portion being cutout from the side edge thereof opposite from the side edge of the otherend of the loop portion from which the other notch is cut, and anelongated leg portion extending from each of the ends of said loopportion, said leg portions being narrower than said loop portion, theends of said loop portion UNITED STATES PATENTS being crossed at thepoints of connection of said Number Name Date leg portions therewith813,787 Flory Feb. 27, 1906 1 402 153 Dusinberre Jan. 3 1922 BENEINI-IORN. BEN PESKIN. 5 2,166,460 Bums July 18, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTSREFERENCES CITED Number Country Date The following r'fernces are of.record in the 3- Great Bmam 1925 file of this patent: 10 646375

